Interplanetary dust cloud

The interplanetary dust cloud is made up of cosmic dust or small particles floating in outer space. It is in the space between planets within planetary systems, such as the Solar System.

This system of particles has been studied for many years in order to understand it and its relationship to larger bodies. There are several methods to obtain space dust measurement.

The total mass of the interplanetary dust cloud is approximately 3.5×10¹⁶ kg, or the mass of an asteroid of radius 15 km (with density of about 2.5 g/cm³).

References

↑ "False Dawn". www.eso.org. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
↑ Pavlov, Alexander A.; Pavlov, Anatoli K.; Kasting, James F. (1999). "Irradiated interplanetary dust particles as a possible solution for the deuterium/hydrogen paradox of Earth's oceans". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 104 (E12): 30725–28. Bibcode:1999JGR...10430725P. doi:10.1029/1999JE001120. PMID 11543198.

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[1] "False Dawn". www.eso.org. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

[2] Pavlov, Alexander A.; Pavlov, Anatoli K.; Kasting, James F. (1999). "Irradiated interplanetary dust particles as a possible solution for the deuterium/hydrogen paradox of Earth's oceans". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 104 (E12): 30725–28. Bibcode:1999JGR...10430725P. doi:10.1029/1999JE001120. PMID 11543198.